In Classroom of the Elite, My Love Stock Market Only Wants a Full Position

The first Freshman Liaison Meeting for Class 1-B came to a perfect close at this moment.

After the liaison meeting concluded successfully in the afternoon, the group of seven lingered at the Keyaki Mall for a long time, only announcing their dispersal once the sunset had drawn its curtain and the sky had turned quite dark.

It was already 9:30 PM by the time Hashiba Hikaru returned to his dormitory. After locking his door, he opened his System Panel directly.

[Stock Interface]

[Ichinose Honami Stock]

[Current Price: 110]

[Shares Held: 5000]

"The price is 110 now. I'll stick to the original plan and sell 2000 shares."

Hashiba Hikaru pondered how to execute his first stock sell-off. After the day's events, he had confirmed two things.

The first was that helping Class 1-B was the best way to increase the Ichinose Honami Stock Price.

Whether it was formulating plans or putting them into action, the stock price would rise by varying degrees depending on the level of impact.

Therefore, he didn't intend to cash out everything at once. After all, he would be spending the next three years with this girl, and in future class competitions, as long as he performed well, the price of this stock would only continue to climb.

Who would want to use the system without being greedy?

The second thing was that the character stocks appearing on the system were quite random.

It wasn't just female students; even female teachers could appear, and their initial stock prices varied. Someone like Ichinose Honami, with an initial price of 10, was practically a beginner's bonus, especially suitable for buying in bulk.

As for the Chabashira Sae Stock and Horikita Suzune Stock, their initial prices were higher one after another—50, 100, and so on. The difficulty of buying those in bulk was too high; if he didn't have enough capital on hand, Hashiba Hikaru wouldn't even consider them.

Furthermore, he didn't know when new stock information would be released. Based on the point-harvesting plan he had formulated in the morning, he would inevitably have frequent contact with students from other classes in the future. Perhaps one day he would stumble upon a treasure of a stock—one with a low initial price that was easy to boost.

This was the most correct way to use the system.

"Let's sell a portion first. After all, improving my physical strength is my top priority right now."

After reviewing his thoughts, Hashiba Hikaru clicked on the sell page for the Ichinose Honami Stock.

[Sell Ichinose Honami Stock?]

[Quantity to Sell: 2000]

[Sale successful. Obtained 220,000 in funds.]

"I'll buy the Exercise Booster first. It would be best to start tomorrow."

Without the slightest hesitation, Hashiba Hikaru purchased the Exercise Booster (30 days) worth 100,000 from the [Trading Shop].

[Exercise Booster (30 days)]

[Improves the host's physical strength limit through sustained exercise. The effect of the initial purchase is to increase the host's physical strength by 1 point. Requires 30 days of continuous exercise. The exercise activity is running, one hour per day.]

After the purchase was complete, a bottle of water appeared out of thin air in Hashiba Hikaru's hand. From the outside, it looked no different from a standard sports drink.

"I should just drink it, right?"

Since the funds were already spent, he might as well just get it over with.

After drinking the entire bottle, the boy noticed that a new status line had appeared under [Character Information] on his system panel.

[Character Information]

[Name: Hashiba Hikaru]

[Age: 15]

[Intelligence: 7]

[Charisma: 8]

[Physical Strength: 3]

[Stocks Held: Ichinose Honami Stock x 3000]

[Skills: None]

[Funds: 169,000]

[Exercise Booster in effect. Exercise goal completed: 0/30.]

"This should be enough to get started."

Hashiba Hikaru recalled the class schedule in the student handbook. The first class was at 8:30 AM, so he had plenty of time to go for a run and still make it to the classroom afterward.

"Then let's begin. Phase one of restoring my physical strength: morning run, activate!"

Chapter 15: Morning Run, Then Meeting the Student Council President

When the sky was completely swallowed by darkness, all the facilities at the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School fell into a state of quiet. All students had returned to their dormitory buildings in accordance with the curfew, and the shopping street had long since closed for the night.

The entire Artificial Island was shrouded in the pitch-black night, but at this moment, only one place remained bright: the Student Council Activity Room located on the upper floor of the school building.

The Student Council President sat in his designated seat, with a printed student profile placed in front of him.

"Hashiba Hikaru, Class 1-B, is it?"

Horikita Manabu, hailed as the most outstanding student council president since the school's founding, adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose. He had just received a unique piece of information through his own channels.

A freshman from Class 1-B had cracked the school's entrance exam on the very first day and, through the S System, had purchased all the school's hidden rules from their homeroom teacher.

This was a precedent that had never occurred in the decade since the school was established, so the administration learned of this student's feat immediately and quickly printed a file on him to be delivered to the Student Council.

Horikita Manabu certainly understood what this meant. As the student council president of Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School, he wielded far more power than the average student realized.

Beyond the management and oversight of clubs and school events, he possessed the authority to report directly to the school chairman and could even bypass teachers to obtain first-hand intelligence.

Now that this file had been delivered to him, what he needed to do as student council president was to evaluate the other party's aptitude, verify it with the school, and ultimately have the Student Council step forward to grant a reward.

I hope you don't disappoint me. If you really are a trump card, then that would be for the best.

Horikita Manabu stared at the file on his desk. After memorizing all of the subject's physical characteristics, he skillfully turned off the lights in the Student Council Activity Room and walked out the door.

Bathed in moonlight, the man held his head high and walked with a steady gait, just as he had on the day he first stepped into this school. Time had not changed him; rather, he was the one constantly changing this place.

Early the next morning, just as the sky began to show a glimmer of light, Hashiba Hikaru was already awake.

His plan was to head to the track for a workout before the first period, return to the dormitory to shower, and finally head to the classroom for lessons.

When the boy, finished with his morning routine and dressed in sportswear, pushed open the dormitory doors, it wasn't even 7:00 AM, so he had plenty of time to exercise.

The spot Hashiba Hikaru chose was Track 1, located near the Gymnasium. It housed the school's widest track, enough for over twenty people to race side-by-side. Aside from the Sports Festival, it was usually the territory of the sports clubs.

However, once he actually arrived, he found that other students were already there doing their morning exercises.

"Geez, and I thought I got up early enough."

Looking at the students appearing on the track, Hashiba Hikaru couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that even after being reborn, I can't escape the fate of being caught in the rat race!"

"Forget it, ignore them and just focus on myself."

As he spoke, Hashiba Hikaru began his warm-up exercises, stretching his muscles. Although the exercise method was specified as running, the text description of the [Exercise Booster] did not set a specific intensity, so presumably, jogging would suffice.

"Whew, let's go!"

After finishing his warm-ups, Hashiba Hikaru took a step forward and officially began. Before long, feeling his body bobbing up and down and the increasingly violent heartbeat in his chest, his face suddenly turned pale.

"Cough, cough, this happens every time, which is why I hate exercise!"

Hashiba Hikaru glanced at the timer that appeared on the system interface. Although his chest had begun to react violently, he did not stop, instead learning to adjust his stride to slow his pace. His body had been weak since he was a child, which was why he had spent most of his time on his studies.

In any case, according to his teachers, as long as you got good grades, you could still get into the best high schools, and it didn't matter if you failed P.E.

"Is this what they call karma? It caught up to me so quickly."

While running, Hashiba Hikaru recalled the P.E. classes he had skipped back in elementary and middle school. Because his grades were always first, the boy had privileges other students didn't have.

Not only could he skip P.E. class, but he could also openly go to the teachers' office to eat snacks, then sit by the windowsill and watch his classmates training on the track below.

That feeling was simply incredible.

"Hah!"

Feeling the strong negative feedback from his frail body, Hashiba Hikaru pushed himself to keep moving. Since the funds were already spent, he had to finish this hour of running.

One lap of the rubber track at Track 1 was four hundred meters. At Hashiba Hikaru's sluggish pace, one lap took at least five or six minutes; even girls with weaker stamina could easily overtake him.

But he didn't stop, instead maintaining a slow, steady pace on the track. Just like that, by persisting, Hashiba Hikaru finally began to find the balance point between his body's exertion and its limit.

After surviving the most difficult initial period, Hashiba Hikaru suddenly realized he was starting to get used to the pace of this jog. As long as he mastered the way to regulate his breathing, the feeling of strain began to diminish.

"Cough, cough, this is really killing me."

After running three laps, Hashiba Hikaru felt he couldn't take it anymore and planned to go to the vending machine to buy some water and take a break.

After stopping, he first glanced at the system bar.

[Exercise Booster in effect, exercise goal 0/30 completed.]

[Current exercise time: 22 minutes.]

"Still over thirty minutes to go. So tiring."

Just as Hashiba Hikaru walked up to the vending machine, he suddenly noticed a figure standing beside it, seemingly staring at him.

The boy wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked up, only to find someone who left a deep impression on him.

Student Council President, Horikita Manabu.

The other party was also wearing sportswear and holding a black insulated bottle with a strap.

Since the other party was the student council president and a third-year senior, Hashiba Hikaru took the initiative to greet him.

"Horikita-senpai? What a coincidence, you're here for morning exercise too?"

"It's not a coincidence. I'm actually waiting for you."

Horikita Manabu's tone was calm, but the moment those words left his lips, they gave Hashiba Hikaru a shock.

"???"

What was going on?

The boy's expression suddenly became a bit nervous as he cautiously probed: "Horikita-senpai, you must be mistaken. I believe this is the first time you and I have ever spoken."

"That is true," Horikita Manabu adjusted his frames, his expression not wavering in the slightest, "but I am indeed waiting for you, Hashiba Hikaru."

"Was it you who discovered the school's anomaly and proposed the plan to the teachers to purchase the school rules using Private Points?"

"Or were you acting under someone else's instructions?"

"..."

Hashiba Hikaru tugged at his sportswear, which was already soaked with sweat, his expression turning grave.

"If I say yes, what do you intend to do, Horikita-senpai?"

Horikita Manabu replied calmly, "If that were the case, I would give you an opportunity."

"An opportunity to stand by my side."

Chapter 16 Can I Have It All?

After these words were spoken by the Student Council President, Hashiba Hikaru fell into silence.

He was contemplating the meaning of this statement and what purpose Horikita Manabu, who had come to find him on his own initiative, could possibly have.

After the Deep Rules of the school had been exposed, Hashiba Hikaru was well aware that as the Student Council President of this school, the man before him possessed influence far exceeding that of an ordinary person.

"Hmm..." After a moment of contemplation, Hashiba Hikaru replied earnestly, "Are you intending to invite me to join the Student Council, Horikita-senpai?"

"This school has been established for over a decade, and you are the first person to discover the Deep Rules on the very first day and use the S System to negotiate with the teachers."

"Such talent is enough for me to extend an invitation. Once you join the Student Council, you will possess a perspective vastly different from that of other students in your grade," Horikita Manabu stared into Hashiba Hikaru's eyes, "Even in the future class competitions, you will be able to leverage the power of the Student Council."

"That is indeed a tempting invitation, but before that, I have one more question I would like to ask."

Hashiba Hikaru was not deceived by these sugar-coated words; instead, he met Horikita Manabu's sharp gaze head-on and asked, word by word, "Is it you, Horikita-senpai, who wants me to join the Student Council? Or is it the intention of the school administration?"

"..."